S'Kra Mur Wedding

Clothing

Bride

• A layered gamantang with dark colors underneath and light on top or an over robe uniquely decorated to honor Sraan/Clan and family combined with an under robe of solid color and without embroidery or embroidery.
  
• A pel'hhsmur (Veil of Pride): Floor-length tail drape. Crafted from metal if of Sraan T'Lar.
  
• A rasha'hhsograth (Flower of the Hand): Pilonu from Aesry works wonderful for this. Bracelet with attached rings.
  
• Flowers chosen by the bride should encircle the forehead.
  

Groom

• A cloak uniquely decorated to honor to Sraan and family.
• A high collared vest that may be thickly embroidered with Sraan tributes.
• A billowing-sleeved shirt of any color.
• A pair of trews(pants) should be white and unmarked.
• A sash of any color.
• A personalized weapon hung on the sash.
• Sandals of any color.
• Flowers chosen by the groom are usually wrapped about an item of his.

The Ceremony

• Before joining of pair, parents of the couple will traditionally exchange gifts to express goodwill. If parents are unavailable, take the most respected and loved among your ru'at and honor them with the blessing of your wedding.
• The Shaman will bid the two to stand together as they will in life and ask for their hands. These provided, the Shaman drapes the ribbons of the gods over them. After the ribbons are draped, the shaman indicates that their hands should join, clasping the ribbons between them.
• Typically the Ribbons of the Gods are those representing Hav'roth (brown velvet), Peri'el (gold silk), and Ushnish (black satin).
• Shaman recites words: Let the future be as now with the strength of Hav'roth upholding you, entwining you, binding you.
• At this time the couple will need one item each (read: ring, sword, ribbon). The items are offered up by their opposite hands and are generally ribbons in their personal colors. These items are twined or placed around and inside their clasped hands.
• Once handfasted, speak the vow of Hav'roth. "My life is yours, your death is mine, in Hav'roth's will for eternity." It is *vital* that these words never be repeated in public again; doing so without the binding, in fact, nullifies the ceremony. This concludes the ceremony.

Flowers and Colors

Red | Courage in battle Blue | Youth and Boldness White | Purity of Spirit and Peace Gold | Peri'el Brown | Hav'roth Steely Grey | Ushnish Orange | Bad luck White Chrysanthemum | Truth Amaranth | Love Golden Hibicus | Beauty White Starflower | Luck and Passion Wood Violets | Hav'Roth Baby's Breath | Ferility Silverbow | Boldness Golden Daffodils | Nobility Orchid | Loyalty White Jasmine |Unending love